Diastolic mitral regurgitation in patients with atrioventricular conduction abnormalities: a common finding by Doppler echocardiography
IP Panidis,
J Ross,
B Munley,
P Nestico,
and
GS Mintz
M-mode and Doppler echocardiography were performed in 16 patients with first degree atrioventricular (AV) block, 1 patient with second degree (Wenckebach type) and 3 patients with third degree AV block; 20 individuals with a normal PR interval served as control subjects. The time from the onset of the P wave to the mitral valve closure by M-mode and to the end of mitral flow by Doppler echocardiography were obtained. In 20 normal subjects, the P wave to mitral valve closure interval measured 220 +/- 30 ms by M-mode and to the end of mitral flow 225 +/- 29 ms by Doppler technique (p = NS). In patients with first degree AV block, these intervals measured 242 +/- 41 and 249 +/- 36 ms, respectively (p = NS). Late diastolic (before the onset of the QRS complex) mitral regurgitation was detected by pulsed mode Doppler imaging in 9 (56%) of the 16 patients with first degree AV block but in none with a normal PR interval. In the four patients with advanced AV block, intermittent mid or late diastolic mitral regurgitation was found to depend on the position of the P wave in diastole. With early diastolic P waves, the end of mitral valve flow by Doppler technique occurred 230 to 250 ms after the onset of the P wave and was followed by mild diastolic mitral regurgitation of variable duration. With P waves falling in systole, the mitral valve remained open throughout diastole; during most of diastole, however, there was neither forward mitral flow (diastasis) nor diastolic mitral regurgitation detected by Doppler technique.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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